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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Disqus - Latest Comments for shotgunconcepts</title><link>http://disqus.com/by/shotgunconcepts/</link><description></description><atom:link href="http://disqus.com/shotgunconcepts/comments.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 07:46:06 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 2019 THURSDAY</title><link>http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/19/0219/021419.html#comment-4337163270</link><description>&lt;p&gt;newspaper webcasts were hip 10 years ago. I "anchored" one back then for a 20k circ daily in KY. I wrote, self-shot, edited, and uploaded in 30 minutes every morning. &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZoPD1H8Ftk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZoPD1H8Ftk"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/wat...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;(The transitions and bad angle of the prompter bother me when i watch today.)&lt;br&gt;We were even highlighted for it in an industry trade &lt;a href="http://inlandpress.org/stories/newspapers-use-webcasts-to-extend-brand-online,7828?" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://inlandpress.org/stories/newspapers-use-webcasts-to-extend-brand-online,7828?"&gt;http://inlandpress.org/stor...&lt;/a&gt; which should have been a warning it was a bad idea.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 07:46:06 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 2018 TUESDAY</title><link>http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/18/0318/032118.html#comment-3816952669</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Neil deGrasse Tyson is the worst kind of idiot - the one who thinks he's smart.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:19:54 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 2018 WEDNESDAY</title><link>http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/18/0118/010318.html#comment-3689576271</link><description>&lt;p&gt;And I quote...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;"The little things I could get in my big lunchbox&lt;br&gt;Like nuts, an' bolts, and all four shocks&lt;br&gt;But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mo-beel home."&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt; No word on why the powers-that-be didn't think it was suspicious that the mobile home came into the factory.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2018 08:14:35 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 2017 TUESDAY</title><link>http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/17/1117/112817.html#comment-3636306169</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Cars3 does not destroy you the way that ToyStory3 did -- but the intent is the same. Getting older and moving on.  The scenes in East Tn are the best - the ones in the simulator not so much. Ranking of the Cars movies is 1, 3, 2&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2017 08:03:11 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 2017 WEDNESDAY</title><link>http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/17/1117/111517.html#comment-3617105403</link><description>&lt;p&gt;And you continue knocking over the memory dominoes on others. I had not thought of the fake tree Chiquita display for 20 years (why would I?) but I immediately knew and pictured exactly what you were talking about.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 07:59:48 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 2017 MONDAY</title><link>http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/17/1117/110617.html#comment-3602634213</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Never heard Brazil Nuts called that. Here (in Southern Kentucky), this is what that means &lt;a href="https://www.candyattic.com/Chocolate-Covered-Creme-Drops-p/chcrm.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="https://www.candyattic.com/Chocolate-Covered-Creme-Drops-p/chcrm.htm"&gt;https://www.candyattic.com/...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2017 07:29:25 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 2017 WEDNESDAY</title><link>http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/17/0617/062117.html#comment-3379321122</link><description>&lt;p&gt;He's constructing a permanent gazebo&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 08:39:55 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: This Interactive Can Tell You How Many Years You Have Left to Live</title><link>http://cms.mentalfloss.com/article/77424/interactive-can-tell-you-how-many-years-you-have-left-live#comment-2795261284</link><description>&lt;p&gt;“there are only 'male' and 'female' options, since that’s what the SSA has data for” What else would there be?&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2016 09:30:49 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 2016</title><link>http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/16/0516/052016.html#comment-2686041289</link><description>&lt;p&gt;No. Started in radio but left because there was no money. Went to marketing which I also enjoy, but plans got shifted through a downsizing.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2016 08:09:38 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 2015</title><link>http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/15/0715/071515.html#comment-2137681932</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Pickle may be related to this business book/customer service program &lt;a href="http://amzn.to/1TCoc6g" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://amzn.to/1TCoc6g"&gt;http://amzn.to/1TCoc6g&lt;/a&gt; that pushes biz to "give people the pickle" which references giving people what they want. Apparently they want oldies.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2015 09:23:47 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: 11 American Behaviors That Are Considered Rude Around the World</title><link>http://mentalfloss.com/article/62421/11-american-behaviors-are-considered-rude-around-world#comment-1927121799</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Now where's the article about Japanese people being rude for refusing a gift. Argentines rude for being an hour late to your party, and the article about foreigners stiffing their waiter on the tip?&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 09:37:25 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Could Betty Friedan or Clara Barton Replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 Bill?</title><link>http://mentalfloss.com/article/62348/could-betty-friedan-or-clara-barton-replace-andrew-jackson-20-bill#comment-1917489964</link><description>&lt;p&gt;While several of these ladies are deserving, most of this list is just a liberal politics love fest.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 22:40:17 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 2015</title><link>http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/15/0215/020915.html#comment-1844303301</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Fan fiction: OGH loses the notebook in Target one night. Site is never updated again. The end. ;-)&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2015 15:15:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Parenthood&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;: “We Made It Through The Night”</title><link>http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/parenthood-we-made-it-through-night-214243#comment-1812851888</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Adam's new career - he become the manager of a facility that manufactures deus ex machinas.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:48:32 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: 40 Brand Logos With Hidden Messages, Starting With the Most Famous One</title><link>http://edit.adweek.com/adfreak/40-brand-logos-hidden-messages-starting-most-famous-one-160798#comment-1807381282</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The NBC info is wrong. The peacock is related to NBC's color TV programming in the 1950s. The logo accompanies the "The following program is brought to you in living color on NBC"&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2015 13:24:40 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: The Secret Meanings Behind 40 Brand Logos</title><link>http://marketingland.com/secret-meanings-behind-40-brand-logos-109215#comment-1807369096</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The NBC info is incorrect. The peacock has to do with the introduction of color TV. The logo accompanies the "The following program is brought to you in living color on NBC"&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2015 13:23:07 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Parenthood&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;: “How Did We Get Here?”</title><link>http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/parenthood-how-did-we-get-here-213639#comment-1782182671</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Where can I get insurance coverage that has that fast service on claims? &lt;br&gt;Maybe the Academy will burn next week and Adam &amp;amp; Christina can use these super fast magical insurance payouts to travel to the Caribbean to avoid the child services for leaving a toddler unattended at home.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2015 08:22:38 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 2014</title><link>http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/14/0714/072314.html#comment-1499579604</link><description>&lt;p&gt;If there's a prize to be won, I realised you had forgotten the syrup at the point in the story when you left Target.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2014 08:17:40 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Shifting into Gear | Scott Monty</title><link>http://www.scottmonty.com/2014/07/shifting-into-gear.html#comment-1498001305</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Congratulations. Shift has picked up a valuable asset.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:11:31 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Why Are Songs on the Radio About the Same Length?</title><link>http://www.wired.com?p=1244081&amp;preview_id=1244081#comment-1480926879</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Agreed. Why write an article if you don't do the research and actually answer the question? Maybe I should ask some knowledgeable friends why journalism is dead.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2014 15:31:44 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 2014</title><link>http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/14/0614/061814.html#comment-1441330907</link><description>&lt;p&gt;please tell me ogh is not duct taping the metal brace to the gazebo. I hope these purchases were for separate items&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2014 08:30:24 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 2014</title><link>http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/14/0514/052214.html#comment-1399279323</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Doesn't matter if the facts of the airport and the dorms comprise the 'food desert'. It all just political theater for further social engineering (and destruction).&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2014 08:40:41 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 2014</title><link>http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/14/0514/051314.html#comment-1382687421</link><description>&lt;p&gt;record collecting can get large. Here's a man who has over 10,000 &lt;a href="http://www.bgamplifier.com/music/nolan-porterfield-and-his-old-scratchy-records/article_af36b597-ec22-5869-8872-e2336fbd0340.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.bgamplifier.com/music/nolan-porterfield-and-his-old-scratchy-records/article_af36b597-ec22-5869-8872-e2336fbd0340.html"&gt;http://www.bgamplifier.com/...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2014 08:14:54 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 2014</title><link>http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/14/0514/050814.html#comment-1375998755</link><description>&lt;p&gt;1. I loved and hated LOST. Loved it for what it could have been (and promised to be) and hated it because it was drawn out for too long and then wrapped up too quickly. Yes the resolution didn't have to answer EVERY question, but it did have to make sense even in a spaced out LOST world.&lt;br&gt;2. The Google Main Street is my favorite weekly lileks segment&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 21:19:19 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Parenthood&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;: “The Pontiac”</title><link>http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/parenthood-pontiac-203595#comment-1344614354</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I hope this show does not get renewed.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">shotgunconcepts</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2014 08:34:42 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>